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Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... 10.69 per cent and SGH ICE that rose 6.82 per cent. Their performance as a group was outstanding compared with global equities fund managers. Global equities outperformed the domestic index with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index rising 3.89 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... dominated by the release, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), of the consumer price index for the March quarter. In equities news, Macarthur Coal Ltd releases its March quaterly production report, and Ark Mines Ltd and Resource Development ...

Vanguard varies approach to Australian equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Vanguard plans to begin trading its latest three ETF products, which will track all sections of the Australian share market, on the ASX at the end of May. The new funds include Australian small and large companies and a high-yield Australian shares ...

Poor standard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... number of words quota -- of what I wrote on this space yesterday, the day after Standard & Poor's announcement day. "US equities recovered half of the losses they incurred yesterday. But this is only because the closing bell caught up with them. There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... is the release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) of Producer Price Indices for the March quarter. Scheduled equities news is quiet, too. Caltex Australia Ltd holds its annual general meeting, and Macquarie Atlas Roads issues March quarter ...

Super funds turn to dark pools

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... superannuation funds are talking to bulk share-trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia to quietly deal in large blocks of equities, the broker said yesterday. At a press luncheon at Sydney's upmarket Rockpool restaurant, Liquidnet Australia director ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... that the credit rater has had its five-minute of sunshine it's back to business as usual on The Street once more. US equities recovered half of the losses they incurred yesterday. But this is only because the closing bell caught up with them. There was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... Economic Activity for February. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) publishes its Trades Report for the March quarter. In equities news, BHP Billiton Ltd issues its March quarter production report, and PanAust Ltd releases its third quarter production ...

RBS targets retail with ETIS launch

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... computer system that electronically transfers title between buyers and sellers of securities, alongside their Australian equities. The securities can be traded during Australian exchange operating hours rather than just those of their local bourse and ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... corporations law, we can't rely on APRA, or ASIC and we certainly can't rely on research houses." Research firms Aegis Equities Research, van Eyk and VanMac all issued reports mentioning the Absolute Alpha Fund, the former name of Astarra Strategic ...